Fishing-reel.



D. c. SOUTHWORTH @L F. 1. HARDY.

FISHING REEL.

APPUCATIN FILED AUG-8.1914- 1,296,871. Patented Mar. 11,1919.

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rzznczsf /arcy UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.A

DEWITT c. souTHwoRTn hun annuels I. HARDY, or sou'rn BEND, INDIANA. f

FISHING-REEL.

To all whom t may concern l Be it known that we, DEWITT C. SOUTH- Y WQRTH and FRANCIS l. HARDY, citizens of the United States, residing at South Bend,

' in the county of St. Joseph andrState of Indiana, have invented certain new and usel ful Improvements inFishing-Reels, of whichV the following is a specification.

The invention relates to vanV improvement in fishing reels, being particularly directed to a reel in which the spool is supported by a single bearing, and constructed with a particular view to delicate and eiiicient braking when required. Y Y l One of the essential objects. ofthe present Y invention is the provision offaV fishing reel constructed to dispose the spool in position to presenta smoothuninterrupteddisk for convenient contact from the thumb ofthe user, permitting a delicate and eiiicient brak- VV ing operation as required. Y

A further object is the support of the reel "on a single bearing of post-like formation projecting from the Vreel seat plate, and preferably disposed at a slight angle thereto so that the plane of the spool is in line with the tip of the rod.

The invention will be described in the fol-V A`lowing specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the reel.

' Fig. 2 is an edge viewof the same, shown applied. Y

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the reel. l Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the reel. In constructing the improved reel, it is Y understood that various sizes are contemplated, as well as the Vuse of any appropriate material, though in the latter instance it is preferred to use aluminum, to provide strength and lightness. l

The vreel in its essential structure comprises two parts, a reel seat plate 1, and a rod, as isusual in removable reel structures.

A post 4 projects laterally from the plate 3,Y sald post having a reduced bearing portionv 5 projectingfrom the end thereof, the post being recessed for a portion of its length from the free outer end to provide an annular recess 6 surrounding the bearing portion or member 5. v

The spool 2 comprises a circular diskV 7 from the free or' outer peripheral edge of Y Specification of Letters Patent;

line-receiving space. The free endsof'the arms lying in the same plane on opposriiteV Patented Mar. 11, 1919.Y

. Application'iledlugust 8, 1914. Serial No.'855,787. Y

sidesof the disk 7 areconnected by rings 9,r

as shown. The structure thus far described forms a skeleton integrallyfor the reception of the line.

rlhe disk 7 is centrallyv formed with V a bearing sleeve lO'projecting on opposite sides of said disk and having an exterior diameter corresponding to the similar dimension of the post 4. The sleeve on o neside having a reduced extensionll to seat in the bearing recess 6, is further centrally formed with a bore 12 to receive Ythe. bearing member 5.V

The sleeve is secured in removable bearing Vrelation, on the bearing member. bya screwv 13 threaded into the end Vof the bearing memL ber 5 and having a head of greater diameter Vonstructed spool than the similar dimension of thebearing Y member, the end of the sleeve being interiorly recessed at 14 to receive the head. Y

That side of thedisk 7 next the seatplatef 3 is perfectly smooth and uninterrupted between the arms Sand the sleeve l0, the opposing surface of the disk, that is the'outer surface being provided, preferably at diametrically opposite points, with integral `posts 15 on which, through the medium of set screw 16, are arranged freely rotatable sleeves 17. ThisY construction affords a Vmeans for the manual manipulation of the reel, in Winding or the like, as will be understood.

The'bearing connection between the reel seat plate and the spool is important. It will be Ynoted that the spool sleeve extension 1l seats Yin a recess in the post 4 of the seat plate, and that the outer wall Vof this recess 6 is of suiiicient length to extend well within the plane of the adjacent side ring 9, or, more, specifically, said'wall is of a length to extend between the central disk andthe relatively inner ring. Under thisconstruction it will be noted that there is no revolving Y Vpart of the bearing between the plane of the inner ring 9 and the seat plate 3, but that Yan immovable tixed surface is provided throughout and V,beyond this distance. Theren fore in any tendency Vof the line to overrun Vor leave the spool in castingV or the like,

such line would not become tangled due to its contact with a revolving part on this bearing.V There is no revolving part here for the line to engage. This is important particularly in reels, as the tangling of the line incident to the overrunning of the same in A casting is largely dueto the engagement of the line with a revolving part of the Areel beyond the spool. Furthermore this 'particular type of bearing presents no broken surface and no crevice for the line to enter in the event of overrunning, and hence theV liability of breakage of the line is avoided.

gWith the reel applied it will be obvious that from. therslight'inclinationof the post 4, as clearly shown .in Figs. 2 and LL of the drawings, the planeof the reel is more or Furthermore, in the use. of the reel, as will be' appa-rent from Fig. 2 ofthev drawings,

the thumb orfinger of the user may, With-1 outfdistur'bing the grasp upon the rod be brought to-"bear With more or` less pressure upon ythe smooth, uninterrupted surface of the disk 7 thereby conveniently braking the reel-in a-manner to permit absolute accuracy V(lopies of patent Ymayy be4 obtained for veV cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 'Patents ,Y

and instantaneous adjustment as may be necessary. l Y

What is claimed as new is: y

A bearing Jfor fishing reels having a seat plate and a disk centrally provided with a hollow sleeve projection beyond both surfaces Aof the disk and to a greater extent on one side than on the other, the greater por- Y tion of the maximum sleeve projection being reduced eXteriorly to provide an `exterior bearingsurface, the seat'plate having a Xed post longitudinallyre'cessed toprovide aninner bearing member to iit Within thesleeve,

than tothe seat plate.

In testimony whereof vve affix our signa- FRANCIS I. HARDY. Y

Witnesses:

' L. W. Cook,

GEORGE J. O'rrson.

'Washngtom D. C.

and an outer membery to overlie the 'reducedVv 4G portion of the sleeve projection, lthe outerVv member being of less length than the inner member and terminating closer Yto the fdisk, 

